Earlier versions of this story stated the two firms continued to work together in Providence, but that’s not the case. SMG still runs the convention center, but Starwood no longer runs the Westin Providence.

(This was not easy to determine. An employee at the hotel said Starwood — which has owned it twice — was still the owner and gave out a corporate number. Starwood’s Web site still connects you to the Westin Providence. No one at Starwood returned calls, but the new owners, Procaccianti Group, confirmed they bought it in 2005.)

You can watch the convention authority meeting where the decision was made here.

The Coalition for Economic, Environmental and Educational Justice say they are upset they were not involved in advance. The authority’s chairman said their consultant on such issues, Deborah Williams-Muhammad, participated.